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What is Community Interpreting - correct answer✔✔A specialization of interpreting that
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facilitates access to community services. |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




What is medical interpreting - correct answer✔✔type of community interpreting that takes
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place in a medical setting and may require more specific vocabulary. Facilitates access to
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healthcare.



Are medical interpreters community interpreters? - correct answer✔✔Medical interpreters are
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community interpreters, however there may be more requirements for medical interpreters.
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Legal interpreters are NOT. |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




What is the purpose of interpreting? - correct answer✔✔To facilitate communication between
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2 or more parties who do not share a common language.
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What is communicative autonomy? - correct answer✔✔capacity ( ability ) of each party in an
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encounter to be responsible for and in control of their own communication |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




What is the most professionalized type of interpreting - correct answer✔✔Medical or legal?
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What are the minimum requirements for a community interpreter? - correct answer✔✔High
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School Diploma or Equivalent, 18+ years, 40+Hour training and proficiency language testing
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What is a certificate versus a certification? - correct answer✔✔A certificate is a piece of paper
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that says "you did the thing" and a certification (vigorous and continuous) is a process done by
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private companies that requires testing and proficiency checks.
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, What organizations certify interpreters. - correct answer✔✔state and government agencies
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Are you certified? - correct answer✔✔You are not certified if you graduate from a 40-hour
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program, you will receive a certificate. I am professionally trained, language proficiency tested,
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community interpreter |||\\\




What are the two certificate organizations for community interpreting? - correct
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answer✔✔CCHI (certification commission for healthcare interpreters) and NBCMI National |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




board of certification for medical interpreters |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




Is there Us national certification for community interpreters? - correct answer✔✔There is not
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a National US Certification for community interpreters.
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What is a code of ethics? - correct answer✔✔1. A code of ethics is a set of moral and ethical
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principles set by an individual or organization that governs the working or living of said |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




individual.



Why do ethics matter? - correct answer✔✔They help you make decisions in difficult situations.
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They guide you about "right and wrong" in your work and conduct.
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What are standards of practice? - correct answer✔✔The jobs/tasks we can perform within the
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scope of ethics and professional responsibility. Guidelines of how we should do it.
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What is the difference between ethics and standards of practice? - correct answer✔✔Ethics
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(Rules and Goals) are overarching principles, whereas standards of practice (guidelines and way
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of getting there) are explicit actions that can and cannot be carried out within a profession
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What does NCIHC stand for? - correct answer✔✔National Council of Interpreters in Health
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